WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Settlement talks are resuming in a South Florida courtroom in a lawsuit filed by two women who claim their rights as victims were violated in a case involving teenage girls and a wealthy, well-connected sex offender.
A second settlement conference is set Tuesday in West Palm Beach between attorneys for one woman and federal prosecutors. The women known as Jane Does 1 and 2 claim they were improperly left in the dark about a non-prosecution agreement reached between the Justice Department and financier Jeffrey Epstein.
Under the 2008 deal, Epstein was permitted to plead guilty to lesser state charges and served just over a year in jail. Authorities say he sexually abused at least 30 girls between 1999 and 2007.
The women had sought to invalidate Epstein's plea deal.
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